

STEEPSILAS INTEEPEES. 



AKEKEKE. 



Tringa interpres, Linnseus, Syst. Nat. ed. 12, i. p. 248 (1766). 



Strepsilas interpres, Illiger, Prodr. p. 263 (1811) ; Darwin, Voy. 'Beagle/ Birds, p. 132 (1841) ; 

 Peale, U.S. Expl. Exped., Birds, p. 238 (1848) ; Hartlaub, Arch. f. Naturgesch. 1852, i. p. 135 ; 

 id. Journ. f. Orn. 1854, p. 170; Schlegel, Mus. Pays-Bas, Cursores, p. 44 (1865); VonPelzeln, 

 Reise ' Novara/ Vogel, p. 117 (1865) ; Finsch & Hartlaub, Beitr. Orn. Centralpolyn. p. 197 

 (1867) ; Dole, Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H. xii. p. 304 (1869) ; id. Hawaiian Alman. 1879, p. 51 ; 

 Salvin, Tr. Zool. Soc. ix. p. 502 (1876) ; Wiglesworth, Aves Polynesia, p. 63 (1891). 



Tringa oahuensis, Bloxam, Voy. ' Blonde/ p. 251 (1826). 



Cinclus interpres, Gr. R. Gray, Cat. B. Trop. Isl. p. 48 (1859). 



Arenaria interpres, Stejneger, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xii. p. 380 (1889). 



[Except as regards the first two citations the above refer to this widely-ranging species only in 

 relation to the Sandwich Islands and some other localities in the Pacific Ocean. The list could 

 be easily extended.] 



The first occurrence of this well-known and almost cosmopolitan species in the Sandwich 

 Islands is that noted by Mr. Bloxam, to whom, however, it must have been unfamiliar, 

 for he described and named it, as if new, Tringa oahuensis — no doubt from having 

 met with it on the island on which Honolulu stands. Yet, beyond stating that the 

 natives called the birds " Korea," and that they are " gregarious," he added nothing. 

 Judge Dole described an example shot at Kapaa on the island of Kauai, and says : — 

 " They frequent the shores, but are often found on grass-lands." From the same island 

 Mr. Knudsen sent two specimens to Dr. Stejneger with the native name of " Akekeke" ; 

 but in a former paper (Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1887, p. 82) that name is also applied to 

 the Sanderling (Calidris arenaria), which rejoices in the more poetical and yet very 

 apposite name of Hunakai, signifying " Sea-foam." 



I shot three examples when in the Sandwich Islands— two on the island of Oahu, 

 one on Molokai. The dates varied from April to June. 



